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Government Statistics > Total businesses registered > number (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Russia
8,946,500
2003 ...
#2
Zimbabwe
6,330,047
2003 ...
#3
Italy
5,904,883
2003 ...
#4
China
4,123,620
2003 ...
#5
Poland
3,581,593
2003 ...
#6
Australia
3,162,025
2003 ...
#7
Spain
3,068,552
2003 ...
#8
Germany
2,915,482
2003 ...
#9
Peru
2,675,500
2003 ...
#10
Japan
2,665,350
2001 ...
#11
France
2,498,100
2003 ...
#12
Czech Republic
2,325,977
2003 ...
#13
Turkey
2,111,086
2003 ...
#14
United Kingdom
2,016,700
2003 ...
#15
South Africa
1,783,719
2003 ...
#16
Brazil
1,365,136
2003 ...
#17
Netherlands
1,137,000
2003 ...
#18
Romania
1,119,124
2003 ...
#19
Portugal
1,103,198
2003 ...
#20
Canada
997,500
2001 ...
#21
Nigeria
981,709
2003 ...
#22
Hungary
948,403
2003 ...
#23
Greece
879,377
2002 ...
#24
Belgium
687,762
2003 ...
#25
Hong Kong
672,275
2003 ...
#26
Serbia and Montenegro
504,954
2003 ...
#27
Denmark
492,540
2003 ...
#28
Thailand
446,972
2003 ...
#29
Madagascar
430,095
2003 ...
#30
Slovakia
420,812
2003 ...
#31
Argentina
388,658
2003 ...
#32
Norway
321,874
2003 ...
#33
Singapore
312,231
2003 ...
#34
Switzerland
311,324
2003 ...
#35
New Zealand
307,461
2002 ...
#36
Sweden
295,197
2003 ...
#37
Finland
250,873
2003 ...
#38
Lithuania
230,868
2003 ...
#39
Morocco
192,966
2003 ...
#40
Kazakhstan
190,045
2003 ...
#41
Austria
161,732
2003 ...
#42
Macedonia, Republic of
158,555
2003 ...
#43
Ireland
148,759
2003 ...
#44
Oman
141,175
2003 ...
#45
Jordan
140,337
2003 ...
#46
Slovenia
139,163
2003 ...
#47
Latvia
134,783
2003 ...
#48
Albania
134,177
2003 ...
#49
Moldova
128,061
2003 ...
#50
Cyprus
115,744
2003 ...
#51
Armenia
113,486
2003 ...
#52
Georgia
95,671
2003 ...
#53
Estonia
86,816
2003 ...
#54
Algeria
79,908
2003 ...
#55
Malawi
74,308
2003 ...
#56
Vietnam
72,012
2003 ...
#57
Bolivia
51,240
2003 ...
#58
Sri Lanka
49,785
2003 ...
#59
Puerto Rico
45,642
2002 ...
#60
Jamaica
45,050
2003 ...
#61
Ecuador
43,987
2003 ...
#62
Panama
41,119
1999 ...
#63
Pakistan
40,631
2003 ...
#64
Mongolia
35,181
2003 ...
#65
Indonesia
32,337
2003 ...
#66
Iceland
24,418
2003 ...
#67
Zambia
23,193
2003 ...
#68
El Salvador
21,637
2003 ...
#69
Bosnia and Herzegovina
17,883
2003 ...
#70
Mozambique
14,797
2003 ...
#71
Uganda
14,021
2003 ...
#72
Benin
7,091
1999 ...
#73
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
5,264
2003 ...
#74
Azerbaijan
3,389
2003 ...
#75
Sierra Leone
2,871
2003 ...
#76
Côte d'Ivoire
2,744
1997 ...
#77
Senegal
2,488
2003 ...
#78
Yemen
1,783
2003 ...
#79
Cameroon
1,693
1999 ...
#80
Togo
1,684
2003 ...
#81
Gabon
934
2001 ...
#82
Burkina Faso
221
1997 ...
#83
Central African Republic
207
1992 ...
Total :
71,553,465
Weighted average:
862,089.9
DEFINITION: Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.
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